Improvement in vapor-burners



T. MOORE 861T. ODONALD. VAPOR BURNER.

N0. 111,666. P61611666 Feb: 7, 1871.

THOMAS MOORE, OF BLOOHNGTON, AND JAMES ODONALD, OF CLINTON and (title.

ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 111,666, dated February 7, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT m VAPOR-BURN ERS.

1'0 all whom "it um-y concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS MOORE, of -Bloon1- county of De Witt and in the same State, have i11- vented a new and useful Improvement in Lamps;

. and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the annexed drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an axial section, part of the base being shown in'elcvatioii:

Figure 2- is*a perspective view of the wick-tube, burner, and regulator, detached from the lamp.

Figure'l3 illnstratesa variation in the construction of the regulator.

The same letters are used in all the figures inthe' designation of identical parts. This invention relates to lamps for burning the vapor of volatile fluids; and

My improvement consists in -the employment of a sliding, sleeve on the burner, which, by adjusting ;.it thereon with reference to the jets, serves to'regulate the generation of vapor.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The reservoir 01' bowl A of the lamp, which is provided with a suitable foot or base, A, terminates at v the upper end in the ordinary neck A, in which a female screw-thread is cut adapted to receive the plug of the wick-tube.

Centrally in this bowl is a vertical tube, B, made of tin, by preferenccgmd reaching from the bottom of the bowl to near the top of the collar, only leaving asmalI space between its upper edge and the under side of such collar to form a vent for the escape of in filling the bowl.

The bottom of this tube is arched or A-shaped, to permit the-oil to passfrom the surrounding bowl under the end of the tube, and into it through a number of fine perforations in its arched bottom.

The wick-tube C is. also made of tin, that is, the portion which extends into the lamp, and furnished with the ordinary plug 0 for securing it in. the neck. of the bowl.

The part O above the plug is made of brgss 01' other goodcondr cting metal, and of much smaller bore than the part 0, which hangs down into the tube B to near its bottom, but being of less diameter does not come in contact with such tube B, from which it is thus separated by an air-space.

The contractedpart O of the wick-tube is surmounted by a cap, D, fitting over its upper end, which constitutes a chamber, in which the vapor is heated andtthus made to produce a whiter light in consequence of more rapid and thorough combustion, said cap being perforated at d d for the escape of the vapor to be burned on the outside.

The'sleevc E is'a cylinder of brass or copper, constructed to tightly hug the tube 0", and provided with a button of wood or other non-conducting material, which prevents the heating of the lamp-bowl, hence lessening the danger of breaking glass lamps from being overheated, and furnishing a handle by which it may be operated.

Its upper end terminates in-a series of horizontal wings," *",as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or in a disk, as

shown in fig. 3, in which case a series of perforations. e, is formed therein, to form passages for the air to feed the jets of flame.

By adjusting this sleeve in such a manner that its upper-end is in close proximity to the flames its wings or disk will be highly heated; and the material of which it .is made being a ready conductor of heat it will soon be solleatcd its entire length, communicating its heat to thewick tube, and thus increasing the generation of vaporl If, on the contrary, it be pushed down on the wick-tube away from the. jets, the generation of vapor will be diminished.

By adjusting the wings or perforations in different positions witlrreference to the flame-apertures the character of the flame can also be somewhat 1nodi-' tied, and it may also serve as an extinguisher by pushing it up until it covers said flame apertures.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The flame regulator, consisting of the sleeve E, wings E, and non-conducting button H, as and for the purpose set forth.

, 2. In combination withthe above, the burner and wick-tube O O", as shown and described.

THOMAS MOORE.

J AMES ODONALIL' 'WitncSses to signature of THOMAS MOORE:

DAVID E. THOMPSON, A.-H. 0. BARBER. Witnesses to signature of J AMES ODONALD:

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